DeTar V1.5

                              - PUBLIC DOMAIN -

          ported and re-written in 1994-98 by Andreas R. Kleinert.
          based on code for MS-DOS written in 1988 by Steve R. Sampson

          This program was written under OS V3.1 and is therefore
          fully compatible. It needs OS V1.2+.

          Release Date : 15.02.1998


    Function/Usage :
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    "DeTar" extracts Unix Tar-Archives and may - not very well -
    also list their contents.

    PPC binaries are useable from Shell when being used with
    ppc.library V46+

    Extracting :      DeTar.elf [Archive-Name]
    Listing    :      DeTar.elf d [Archive-Name]

    Often Tar-Files have been "zipped" with GZip, after that changing
    their extension to ".tgz".
    Just extract the original Archive with "GZip" and then use "DeTar"
    on them.


    "detar" for MS-DOS has been written in 1988 by Steve R. Sampson
    and bases on the originally public domain TAR program by John Gilmore.


    [ please download and refer to DeTar.doc for further information ]


 ARK, 27/Aug/98


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 Note:

  In the past, some guy called "SPH" took most of my free PPC ports
  (those where the sources have been included) and ported them to WOS.

  While I've nothing against WOS ports, an other point is very distasteful
  and unfair in my opinion: removing all references to my name and initials
  and simply replacing those with his own, while also removing all references
  to PPC-Lib/ELF and replacing those with WOS references and usually some flames
  or even offenses against the competing kernel and porter - without actually
  rewriting the readme text itself in a major way (for example, if I describe what
  *I* specifically did for the port - and what he didn't have to do a *second* time,
  of course - he does not even remove/change *those* notes and/or give me credit).

  This leads to the strange situation, that I hereby have to copyright this
  .readme text, to claim its authorship and forbid changes which aren't
  clearly marked as being changes to the original: While quotes may have
  been derived from other parts of the distribution, the whole .readme as
  such now is (C)opyrighted by Andreas R. Kleinert in 1998.

  Copyrights to the other files remain as such. Nevertheless I'd ask anyone
  to give me credit for the changes which I did myself and which of
  course have been labeled/marked/documented as such. Even free software
  lives from respecting the intellectual work and property of others. Thank you.

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 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                   44      44 100.0% -lh0- e109 Feb  7  1998 PPCDeTar/DeTar
[generic]                 3477    8484  41.0% -lh5- 987e Oct 27  1997 PPCDeTar/DeTar.doc
[generic]                  309     772  40.0% -lh5- e16b Mar 29  1995 PPCDeTar/FileList.readme
[generic]                14688   14688 100.0% -lh0- de18 Mar 29  1995 PPCDeTar/PC_DeTar11.lha
[generic]                  129     183  70.5% -lh5- 4d78 Feb  7  1998 PPCDeTar/SCOPTIONS
[generic]                 3426   11066  31.0% -lh5- 3244 Feb 15  1998 PPCDeTar/DeTar.c
[generic]                 3805    8590  44.3% -lh5- 2b42 Feb 15  1998 PPCDeTar/DeTar.o
[generic]                22239   49353  45.1% -lh5- fe23 Aug 27  1998 PPCDeTar/DeTar.elf
[generic]                  657    1806  36.4% -lh5- f874 Aug 27  1998 PPCDeTar/DeTar.h
[generic]                 1367    3052  44.8% -lh5- ec68 Aug 27  1998 PPCDeTar/PPCDeTar.readme
[generic]                   96     142  67.6% -lh5- 9d1b Aug 27  1998 PPCDeTar/smakefile
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        11 files   50237   98180  51.2%            Aug 29  1998